John Boehner is facing his toughest week yet as speaker of the House of Representatives -- and that's saying a lot after a tumultuous four years of repeated efforts by his own Republican colleagues to derail his legislative agenda.

Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock, who is facing more questions this week over his use of taxpayer money to pay for flights on private jets and entertainment expenses, has now written a check to the government after another trip came under scruti...

So even if we can't get there often, we like to visit in our minds. We linger over childhood memories of an unblemished white strand, or close our eyes for a moment when things get stressful to escape to a gently sloping dune.

Or stuck in drab cubicles, we gaze longingly at a Pacific island screensaver.